February 2, 2016 Daily Report: More Earnings, Earnings, Earnings by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The tech earnings season is hitting peak news this week with big reveals from Alphabet and Yahoo. Published: January 31, 2016…
February 2, 2016 At Berkeley, a New Digital Privacy Protest by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A group of 11 professors at U.C. Berkeley have objected to a quietly installed cybersecurity program set up by the University…
February 2, 2016 Alphabet, Google’s Parent Company, Grows Briskly to Close in on Apple by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Revenue increased 24 percent in the most recent quarter, positioning the outfit formerly known as Google to become the world’s most…
February 1, 2016 A Yahoo Employee-Ranking System Is Challenged in Court by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL A former Yahoo manager who lost his job filed suit in California on Monday, saying the system, which has been used…
February 1, 2016 How Europe Protects Your Online Data Differently Than the U.S. by MARK SCOTT and NATASHA SINGER By MARK SCOTT and NATASHA SINGER All the talk about data privacy can get caught up in political wrangling. But the different approaches have…
February 1, 2016 Microsoft Plumbs Ocean’s Depths to Test Underwater Data Center by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Microsoft sank a data center on the ocean floor, where the sea water acts as a coolant, and plans to use…
January 31, 2016 U.S. and European Negotiators Near Deadline for Data Transfer Deal by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Officials are in last-minute talks over a new trans-Atlantic pact that international companies must rely on to move digital data between…
January 31, 2016 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Lessons From Earnings Season by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Analysis on Apple’s iPhone sales, Microsoft’s rebound, Amazon’s profits and Facebook’s success with mobile advertising. Published: January 30,…
January 30, 2016 Daily Report: Divergent Fortunes in Cloud Computing by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK The earnings reports released by Amazon and Microsoft reinforced that cloud computing is a booming, multibillion-dollar business. Published: January 28, 2016…
January 30, 2016 Apple Sets Its Sights on Virtual Reality by KATIE BENNER and NICK WINGFIELD By KATIE BENNER and NICK WINGFIELD Apple has acquired an augmented reality start-up called Flyby Media and hired the former director of the Center…